This weekend, after advancing through nearly a year of regional and national tournaments around the globe, more than 400 players from over 27 countries came together in San Diego to test their Pokemon Trainer skills both in the Pokemon Card Game, as well as the video game.
The tournament lasted three days, and at the end, 6 players were crowned the BEST Pokemon player of the world! Here are the 2011 Pokemon champions:
- 2011 Pokémon TCG Junior Division World Champion, Gustavo Wada from Brazil.
- 2011 Pokémon Video Game Junior Division World Champion, Brian Hough from the USA.
- 2011 Pokémon TCG Senior Division World Champion, Christopher Kan from Australia.
- 2011 Pokémon Video Game Senior Division World Champion, Kamran Jahadi from the USA.
- 2011 Pokémon TCG Masters Division World Champion, David Cohen from the USA.
- 2011 Pokémon Video Game Masters Division World Champion, Ray Rizzo from the USA.
Winners of this invite-only tournament received medals, trips, Pokemon merchandise, and collectively more than $100,000 in scholarships. Sweet!
